Seeds of Destruction: Why the Path to Economic Ruin Runs Through Washington, and How to Reclaim American Prosperity

Part I. Getting from Seeds of Destruction to Seeds of Prosperity

What are the elements that drive any economy? What are the most important levers of growth to ensure long-term prosperity? The first two foundational chapters answer these questions by introducing the two analytical tools we will use to first diagnose and then offer appropriate policy fixes for the American economy.

The GDP Growth Drivers analysis discussed in Chapter 1, “America’s Four Growth Drivers Stall and Our Economy Stagnates,” makes it obvious that the American economy has been burdened with major structural imbalances in all four elements that drive economic growth. These structural imbalances, which include over-consumption, under-investment, excessive government spending, ...